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By Brendan O’Boyle MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican security forces on Thursday arrested cartel leader Ovidio Guzman, son of incarcerated kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, the country’s defense minister said. Guzman’s detention in Culiacan, the capital of the northwestern state of Sinaloa, the heartland of Mexico’s drug trade, follows his short-lived detention in 2019. News …

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By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis will preside at a funeral Mass in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday for his predecessor former Pope Benedict, who died on Saturday at the age of 95. More than 60,000 people are expected to attend. There will be official delegations from Italy and Benedict’s native Germany. …

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(Reuters) -The World Health Organization on Friday once again urged China’s health officials to regularly share specific and real-time information on the COVID-19 situation in the country, as it continues to assess the latest surge in infections. The agency has asked Chinese officials to share more genetic sequencing data, as well as data on hospitalizations, …

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By Lais Morais and Eduardo Simões SANTOS, Brazil (Reuters) -The Brazilian coastal city of Santos, which sporting giant Pele turned into a byword for soccer brilliance during a glittering club career, started bidding goodbye to its hero on Monday with a 24-hour wake. Mourners lined up to see Pele’s body in an open casket in …

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(Reuters) -Former world number one tennis player and gay rights trailblazer Martina Navratilova said on Monday she has been diagnosed with throat and breast cancer. The Czech–American is considered among one the greatest players of all time, winning a total of 59 Grand Slam titles across singles and doubles. “This double whammy is serious but …

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URENA, Venezuela (Reuters) – Private vehicles started crossing between Colombia and Venezuela for the first time in years on Sunday, marking the total opening of the shared border, in addition to cargo and people that have been transiting. The full opening of the common border follows years of tense relations between the two countries that …

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SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Brazil’s acting president, Hamilton Mourao, on Saturday criticized outgoing far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro for allowing anti-democratic sentiment to thrive in the wake of this year’s election, in a veiled dig in a New Year speech. While defending some aspects of Bolsonaro’s four years in power, such as leaving behind a strong …

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CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela and Colombia will fully reopen their shared border on January 1 to allow passage of cargo and passenger transport via the cross-border Tienditas bridge, Colombia Migration said in a statement on Saturday. The South American countries already reopened in September their border crossing in the Tachira state, in western Venezuela, after …

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